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    Home » All Recipes

    Family Friendly Teriyaki Chicken Meatballs

    Published: Aug 11, 2017 · Modified: Dec 5, 2022 by Julie Carlyle · This post may contain affiliate links · 4 Comments

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    Thermomix Chicken Teriyaki Meatballs

    My kids aren't fussy eaters at all, but sometimes I like to make them a dish that I know they will love as a special treat. My family friendly teriyaki chicken meatballs recipe was just such a meal. The kids have been really good, they had to eat so many (accidentally) hot Indian dishes, when I was testing recipes for "An Indian ThermoKitchen" cookbook. Then I moved onto the Mexican cookbook. They started off loving the idea of nachos, tacos and burritos every night, but after a while, they just wanted a plate of plain old bangers and mash.

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    Chicken Teriyaki Meatballs

    Julie Carlyle
    This is a simple, family friendly recipe. Cooking the meatballs in the oven is a real time saver as you can make the sauce while the meatballs cook!
    Print Recipe
    Prep Time 5 minutes mins
    Cook Time 20 minutes mins
    Total Time 25 minutes mins
    Course Main Course, Main Dish
    Cuisine American, Australian, Japanese
    Servings 40 small meatballs

    Ingredients
      

    Chicken Meatballs

    • 1 kg chicken mince
    • 120 gm onion quartered
    • 15 gm fresh ginger
    • 15 gm garlic
    • 225 gm canned pineapple reserve the liquid for the sauce
    • 3 slices wholemeal bread
    • 2 eggs
    • ½ teaspoon salt

    Teriyaki Sauce

    • 1 clove garlic
    • 100 gm soy sauce
    • 50 gm cooking sake
    • 100 gm mirin
    • 60 gm brown sugar
    • 80 gm reserved pineapple juice
    • 1 ½ Tbs cornflour
    • 2 green shallot finely sliced to garnish
    • 1 teaspoon sesame seeds garnish

    Instructions
     

    • Preheat oven to 210 degrees Celsius.
    • Prepare a large roasting tray by covering with baking paper.
    • Place the onion, garlic and ginger in TM bowl. Chop 4 sec/Speed 9.
    • Scrape down the bowl.
    • Add the bread and drained pineapple to the garlic mixture. Chop 4 sec/Speed 9.
    • Add egg, mince and salt to the ingredients in TM bowl. Combine roughly with the spatula. Knead /2 min.
    • Remove the meatball mixture from the TM bowl and place into a large bowl.
    • Form small meatballs from the mixture and place on the prepared tray. They will be sticky and wet, but they cook up beautifully.
    • Bake for 20 minutes or until golden.

    Teriyaki Sauce

    • Place garlic in a clean TM bowl. Chop 3 sec/Speed 9.
    • Scrape down the bowl.
    • Add the soy sauce, sake, mirin and brown sugar to TM bowl. Heat 2 min/Varoma/Speed 2 (MC OUT)
    • In the meantime, add the cornflour to the reserved pineapple juices and stir by hand until it's combined. 
    • Add the cornflour liquid to the sauce in TM bowl. Cook 8 min/90/Speed 2 (MC OUT)

    To Serve

    • Place the meatballs in a serving dish.
    • Pour the teriyaki sauce over the meatballs and garnish with shallots and sesame seeds.

    Notes

    Serve these meatballs with rice or as an appetiser with a toothpick in the top!
    Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
    Chicken Teriyaki Meatballs
    Chicken Teriyaki Meatballs

    So tonight I thought I would give them a dish I knew they would love. Teriyaki chicken balls... I actually got in trouble for calling them chicken balls. My daughter was horrified. She thought I may even name the recipe that on this website.

    My son just giggled and said, "Do you know what that means mum?" I had to string him along for a while and ask him what the problem was, it's fun being a parent sometimes.

    Sushi Rice Bowl
    Sushi Rice Bowl

    Anyway, these teriyaki chicken meatballs are super easy and got a big tick of approval from the kids. I decided to serve them in lettuce cups with rice. The kids thought it was a little like a Japanese version of "San choy bow."

    Chicken Meatballs
    Chicken Meatballs

    You can pan fry the chicken meatballs if you like. I found it quicker and easier to just form all the balls at once and place them on a larger baking tray to cook in the oven while I made the sauce.

    Thermomix Chicken Teriyaki Meatballs
    Thermomix Chicken Teriyaki Meatballs

    So don't forget to pin these delicious teriyaki chicken meatballs for later 🙂

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    Comments

    1. Bec says

      July 18, 2023 at 9:45 am

      Hiya this sounds delicious. If I wanted to freeze these would you recommend that I bake them all and then freeze a portion or freeze it unbaked? Thank you!

      Reply
      • Julie Carlyle says

        August 08, 2023 at 12:32 pm

        Hi Bec,
        I would probably freeze them uncooked.
        I think they would be super moist if they werefreshly cooked.
        Let me know how you go.
        Julie

        Reply
    2. Sue Watsford says

      September 18, 2020 at 11:29 am

      In this recipe it says MC out. Pardon my ignorance, but what is the MC ?

      Reply
      • Julie Carlyle says

        September 20, 2020 at 3:58 pm

        Hi Sue
        Thanks for your question MC is short for measuring cup. This is the cup in the lid. In some recipes, you are asked to remove the MC.

        Reply

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